The invention discloses a truck carriage volume measurement method based on a single image. The defects that an existing photoelectric volume measurement system can only be applied to a detection channel with the fixed position, and multiple laser devices, cameras and sensors are needed are mainly overcome. The truck carriage volume measurement method includes the steps of 1, inputting the image of a truck, and calibrating an intrinsic parameter matrix of a camera through end points in the image of the truck in three orthogonal directions; 2, calculating normal vectors of wheels and coordinates of circle centers of the wheels in cooperation with the intrinsic parameter matrix and an elliptic equation of the wheels of the truck, and obtaining a carriage plane equation; 3, calculating extrinsic parameters of the camera through the end points and the coordinates of the circle centers of the wheels; 4, solving space coordinates of top points of a carriage in cooperation with the carriage plane equation and a camera matrix operation equation, and the solving the volume of the carriage. By means of the truck carriage volume measurement method, the volume of the carriage of the truck can be rapidly and accurately measured, the automation degree is high, and the truck carriage volume measurement method can be used for a charging system of an expressway toll-gate.