Method (100; 200) for detecting an emergency path situation for a vehicle, as an ego-vehicle, moving on a road with multiple traffic lanes (3, 4, 5), comprising the steps of: detecting (110; 210), by means of object detecting means, other vehicles that are moving on the road in the same direction as the ego-vehicle, and sensing, by means of vehicle position sensing means, vehicle positions for each of the other vehicles detected; ascertaining, by means of emergency path indicator detecting means, the intensity of one or more indicators for the existence of an emergency path situation; and determining (150; 270), by means of emergency path situation detecting means, a probability of whether an emergency path situation exists, on the basis of the ascertained indicator or indicators and their respective intensity and meaningfulness, wherein the meaningfulness is determined for each of the indicators, indicating how meaningful the ascertained indicator is, on the basis of a number of the other vehicles taken into consideration for ascertaining the indicator concerned and/or on the basis of the period of time and/or the distance travelled for which the ascertained intensity of the indicator concerned lies above a threshold value, wherein the one or more indicators is/are indicative of at least one of the following: a lateral distance (d 2a,2b, d 2b,2c) between other vehicles detected as or presumed to be driving in adjacent traffic lanes (3, 4, 5), and/or a lateral offset (a 2a,l, a 2a,r, a 2b,l, a 2b,r, a 2c,l, a 2c,r) of other vehicles relative to progressions of traffic lane markings laterally delimiting a traffic lane (3, 4, 5) in which a respective other vehicle is moving, and/or a lateral offset of other vehicles relative to a respective traffic lane progression (FS links, FS Ego, FS rechts) for a traffic lane (3, 4, 5) in which a respective other vehicle is moving, and in that furthermore the intensity of at least one of the following indicators is ascertained: whether other vehicles are driving continuously on traffic lane markings, and/or whether other vehicles that are moving in a first traffic lane (3, 4, 5) are laterally offset in a first direction, and at the same time other vehicles that are moving in a second traffic lane (3, 4, 5) adjacent thereto are laterally offset in a second direction opposite to the first direction. detecting (110; 210), by means of object detecting means, other vehicles that are moving on the road in the same direction as the ego-vehicle, and sensing, by means of vehicle position sensing means, vehicle positions for each of the other vehicles detected; ascertaining, by means of emergency path indicator detecting means, the intensity of one or more indicators for the existence of an emergency path situation; and determining (150; 270), by means of emergency path situation detecting means, a probability of whether an emergency path situation exists, on the basis of the ascertained indicator or indicators and their respective intensity and meaningfulness, wherein the meaningfulness is determined for each of the indicators, indicating how meaningful the ascertained indicator is, on the basis of a number of the other vehicles taken into consideration for ascertaining the indicator concerned and/or on the basis of the period of time and/or the distance travelled for which the ascertained intensity of the indicator concerned lies above a threshold value, wherein the one or more indicators is/are indicative of at least one of the following: a lateral distance (d 2a,2b, d 2b,2c) between other vehicles detected as or presumed to be driving in adjacent traffic lanes (3, 4, 5), and/or a lateral offset (a 2a,l, a 2a,r, a 2b,l, a 2b,r, a 2c,l, a 2c,r) of other vehicles relative to progressions of traffic lane markings laterally delimiting a traffic lane (3, 4, 5) in which a respective other vehicle is moving, and/or a lateral offset of other vehicles relative to a respective traffic lane progression (FS links, FS Ego, FS rechts) for a traffic lane (3, 4, 5) in which a respective other vehicle is moving, and in that furthermore the intensity of at least one of the following indicators is ascertained: whether other vehicles are driving continuously on traffic lane markings, and/or whether other vehicles that are moving in a first traffic lane (3, 4, 5) are laterally offset in a first direction, and at the same time other vehicles that are moving in a second traffic lane (3, 4, 5) adjacent thereto are laterally offset in a second direction opposite to the first direction. whether other vehicles are driving continuously on traffic lane markings, and/or whether other vehicles that are moving in a first traffic lane (3, 4, 5) are laterally offset in a first direction, and at the same time other vehicles that are moving in a second traffic lane (3, 4, 5) adjacent thereto are laterally offset in a second direction opposite to the first direction.