Apparatus and method for recognizing driving lane of vehicle

The present invention relates to a recognition apparatus and method car running of the vehicle, a traveling drive recognition apparatus for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a first lane attribute information extraction section 10 for extracting the forward lane attribute information from the front image of the vehicle, and a second lane attribute information extraction unit 20 extracts the current location lane attribute information based on the current location and traveling direction of the vehicle, the current travel drive of the vehicle on the basis of the forward lane attribute information and the current location lane attribution information and a determination unit 30 for determining the traveling drive.