Method and control system for operating a motor vehicle

A control system for operating a motor vehicle having a front, a rear and sides, comprising:

• sensors configured to capture respective movements and positions of traffic participants within a monitoring range around the motor vehicle on the front, the rear and the sides;
• a control unit configured to establish, in dependency on the respective movements and positions of the traffic participants and movement and position of the motor vehicle, a characteristic value per traffic participant, quantifying a collision probability of the motor vehicle with each of the respective traffic participants;
• and
• a warning device configured to issue at least one warning of at least one impending collision when the characteristic value of at least one of the traffic participants reaches a predetermined collision probability value, the warning indicating a direction, relative to the motor vehicle, of the at least one impending collision.

A motor vehicle having a front, a rear and sides, with traffic participants within a monitoring range around the motor vehicle, comprising:

• a control system, including
• sensors configured to capture respective movements and positions of traffic participants within a monitoring range around the motor vehicle on the front, the rear and the sides;
• a control unit configured to establish, in dependency on the respective movements and positions of the traffic participants and movement and position of the motor vehicle, a characteristic value per traffic participant, quantifying a collision probability of the motor vehicle with each of the respective traffic participants;
• and
• a warning device configured to issue at least one warning of at least one impending collision when the characteristic value of at least one of the traffic participants reaches a predetermined collision probability value, the warning indicating a direction, relative to the motor vehicle, of the at least one impending collision.