The invention discloses a 
traffic accident field surveying instrument based on an active omnidirectional visual sensor. The 
traffic accident field surveying instrument comprises an omnidirectional visual sensor, an omnidirectional planar 
laser light source, a GPS (
Global Position System) sensor, a 
compass and a 
microprocessor, wherein the GPS sensor is used for positioning the 
traffic accident scene and automatically generating the road plane graph, the 
compass is used for fixing the measurement direction, and the 
microprocessor is used for performing three-dimensional image 
pickup measurement on the panoramic picture of the omnidirectional visual sensor and performing visualized 
recovery and digital three-dimensional representation of the traffic accident scene. A 
system application software is used for automatically picking up a panoramic picture of the traffic accident scene, automatically measuring geometrical data of vehicles, objects, traces and the like on the scene, automatically outputting field 
record diagram, the field 
scale map, the field sectional view, the field vertical view and the 
field analysis chart and providing a traffic accident field surveying method. The traffic accident field surveying instrument has the advantages of high environment applicability, high measurement speed and accuracy, high 
automation degree and can be used for performing visualized 
recovery and digital three-dimensional representation of the traffic accident scene.