Method and device for determining a road condition

The invention relates to a method and a device for determining a road condition by means of a vehicle camera (6) and comprising the steps of: - at least one image (I) recorded by means of the vehicle camera (S10), - a first image region (R1) is determined which an image of the road surface (1) includes (S16) - first picture portion (R1) is fed to a classifier, the classifier assigns the first image area at least one class that represents a certain road condition (S18), and - output an information about this at least one road condition (S20).