The invention discloses a vehicle damage assessment method and a damage assessment client. The method includes the steps of receiving input information of a user, the input information being information on the damage position of a vehicle; determining matched damage position part information and a handling mode according to the input information; and calculating the damage assessment valuation information according to the damage position part information and the handling mode. In the invention, specific damage information of the vehicle is determined conveniently and accurately at a mobile terminal so that standardized information can be transferred among different departments in the same organization and among different organizations, the efficiency of claim settlement of the damage assessment is improved, meanwhile, the tedious workload of manual input is reduced, and the problem of mistakes caused by the manual input is avoided.