A method of situation-specific documentation of a traffic situation in which a motor vehicle is located by a control device, the method comprising:
- receiving monitoring data, from a monitoring device of the motor vehicle, which describes a current traffic situation in which the motor vehicle is located,
- receiving driving data, from at least one motor vehicle system of the motor vehicle, which describes at least one driving parameter for a current driving behavior of the motor vehicle,
- determining an extended traffic situation based on the received monitoring data and the received driving data and checking whether the extended traffic situation meets a specified danger criterion which specifies a minimum probability of damage occurring to the motor vehicle,
- providing, based on the extended traffic situation meeting the specified danger criterion, an analysis data set which describes a result of the checking, and
- causing a documentation device to store the provided analysis data set.