Method for controlling a parking operation of a vehicle by means of a parking assistance system, comprising the following steps: - detecting the position of a vehicle user situated in the vicinity of but outside the vehicle; - determining a provisional vehicle target position and a provisional vehicle motion path on the basis of a vehicle starting position and the position of the vehicle user; - checking whether the provisional vehicle target position and/or the motion of the vehicle into the provisional vehicle target position on the provisional vehicle motion path cause(s) a collision with the vehicle user; - changing the provisional vehicle target position into a modified vehicle target position and/or changing the provisional vehicle motion path into a modified vehicle motion path if a collision with the vehicle user occurs at the provisional vehicle target position or during the motion of the vehicle into the provisional vehicle target position, wherein the modified vehicle target position and/or the modified vehicle motion path are/is selected in such a way that no collision with the vehicle user occurs at the modified vehicle target position and/or during the motion of the vehicle on the modified vehicle motion path; - wherein the parking assistance system is configured for detecting parking situations in which the vehicle user can no longer leave the parking space once the parking position is occupied; - wherein the parking operation is interrupted prior to driving into the parking space and the vehicle user is prompted to leave the parking space if a parking situation is identified in which the vehicle user can no longer leave the parking space once the parking position is occupied. - detecting the position of a vehicle user situated in the vicinity of but outside the vehicle; - determining a provisional vehicle target position and a provisional vehicle motion path on the basis of a vehicle starting position and the position of the vehicle user; - checking whether the provisional vehicle target position and/or the motion of the vehicle into the provisional vehicle target position on the provisional vehicle motion path cause(s) a collision with the vehicle user; - changing the provisional vehicle target position into a modified vehicle target position and/or changing the provisional vehicle motion path into a modified vehicle motion path if a collision with the vehicle user occurs at the provisional vehicle target position or during the motion of the vehicle into the provisional vehicle target position, wherein the modified vehicle target position and/or the modified vehicle motion path are/is selected in such a way that no collision with the vehicle user occurs at the modified vehicle target position and/or during the motion of the vehicle on the modified vehicle motion path; - wherein the parking assistance system is configured for detecting parking situations in which the vehicle user can no longer leave the parking space once the parking position is occupied; - wherein the parking operation is interrupted prior to driving into the parking space and the vehicle user is prompted to leave the parking space if a parking situation is identified in which the vehicle user can no longer leave the parking space once the parking position is occupied.