A vehicle lighting apparatus (100) includes: a light source device (10) that includes a semiconductor laser which emits laser light and a wavelength conversion member which converts the wavelength of at least part of the laser light and that emits, from a light emission part (9), light (L) from the wavelength conversion member; a reflection member (15) that reflects light emitted from the light emission part (9) of the light source device (10) in a vehicle frontward direction as parallel light; a light shield member (19) that blocks light (L1, L2) which is emitted in the vehicle frontward direction from the light emission part (9) and which is not incident on the reflection member (15); and a light detection part (50) that is arranged at a vehicle rearward position of the reflection member (15) and detects part of the light (L3) emitted from the light emission part (9).