A method is described for triggering pedestrian protection means and/or pedestrian warning means for a vehicle, in which objects in a surrounding area of the vehicle are detected, pedestrians are identified from the detected objects, a situation is analyzed as a function of the detected objects and a model assumption, the pedestrian protection means or pedestrian warning means are triggered as a function of the situation analysis, features of the identified pedestrians are ascertained, and the model assumption is selected or set up as a function of the ascertained features.
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