The invention belongs to the vehicle driving monitoring technical field and relates to an image pickup device for vehicle driving image acquisition. The image pickup device includes a box body and a camera; a camera mounting cavity is formed in the box body; the camera is mounted in the mounting cavity through a mounting bracket; a camera light shielding cavity communicated with the outside of the box body is formed at the front part of the box body; two sides of the light shielding cavity are attached surfaces; the box body comprises a rear cover and a front cover which are buckled to each other; the camera mounting cavity is formed at the upper part of the box body; the middle of the front cover is recessed inwards so as to form the camera light shielding cavity communicated with the outside of the box body; two sides of the front cover are attached surfaces; and the light shielding cavity is communicated with the mounting cavity. Since the camera is enclosed in the light shielding cavity, no matter how light inside and outside a vehicle changes, interference images will not appear on windshield glass corresponding to the light shielding cavity, and therefore, the camera in the light shielding cavity will not be affected, and the stability and authenticity of acquired images can be ensured.