The present invention discloses a highway tunnel lighting evaluation device. The highway tunnel lighting evaluation device comprises a shell; the front side of the shell is provided with an imaging lens; the rear side of the shell is provided with a display screen; the side surface of the shell is provided with a brightness sensor for detecting environment brightness; a power source used for supplying power for the device, a central processing unit for processing data, an imaging chip connected with the imaging lens and a sampling module for presetting sampling templates are arranged in the shell, wherein the sampling templates are adjustable sampling grid lines and reticles; and an inside-tunnel sampling template and an outside-tunnel sampling template are arranged in the sampling module. The invention also discloses a highway tunnel lighting static evaluation method. With the highway tunnel lighting evaluation device and the highway tunnel lighting static evaluation method of the invention adopted, points are not required to be arranged on the surface of a road, detection road sections can be automatically divided, and the brightness of the detection road sections can be detected. The highway tunnel lighting evaluation device and static evaluation method have the advantages of simple use and high efficiency.