Method for preventing a collision of a vehicle with an object in a region surrounding the vehicle, in which a decision to carry out a collision prevention action is made depending on a collision criterion being satisfied, wherein a change in a speed level of the vehicle is carried out and the change in speed level is evaluated as a collision criterion and a check is made as to whether the forward movement direction of the vehicle then accompanying the selected speed level is in the direction of an object detected in the region surrounding the vehicle, wherein this check result is taken into consideration for making a decision as to whether the collision prevention action is automatically carried out, wherein the collision prevention action is provided with at least two different prevention options and, depending on a selection criterion, a selection is made as to the prevention option and/or the number of provided prevention options with which the collision prevention action is carried out and/or, depending on the selection criterion, a selection is made as to the order in which a plurality of prevention options are executed when carrying out a collision prevention action, wherein detection of the region surrounding the vehicle in respect of presence of an object begins at least with the detection of a change in speed level having taken place and, when an object is detected in the surrounding region, evaluation as to whether the object is static or dynamic is performed, wherein, when a dynamic object is identified, evaluation as to whether the object is moving in a different way to the forward movement direction or not is performed and the collision prevention action is carried out depending on this evaluation, characterized in that, for making the decision as to whether a collision prevention action is carried out, a situation of an additional criterion being satisfied is taken into consideration in addition to the check result of the collision criterion, and in that evaluation as to whether a change in torque of a drive unit of the vehicle following the change in speed level exceeds or is equal to a threshold value for the change in torque is performed as an additional criterion, wherein the collision prevention action is carried out when the forward movement direction of the vehicle accompanying the change in speed level leads in the direction of the object and the change in torque exceeds the threshold value for the change in torque. wherein a change in a speed level of the vehicle is carried out and the change in speed level is evaluated as a collision criterion and a check is made as to whether the forward movement direction of the vehicle then accompanying the selected speed level is in the direction of an object detected in the region surrounding the vehicle, wherein this check result is taken into consideration for making a decision as to whether the collision prevention action is automatically carried out, wherein the collision prevention action is provided with at least two different prevention options and, depending on a selection criterion, a selection is made as to the prevention option and/or the number of provided prevention options with which the collision prevention action is carried out and/or, depending on the selection criterion, a selection is made as to the order in which a plurality of prevention options are executed when carrying out a collision prevention action, wherein detection of the region surrounding the vehicle in respect of presence of an object begins at least with the detection of a change in speed level having taken place and, when an object is detected in the surrounding region, evaluation as to whether the object is static or dynamic is performed, wherein, when a dynamic object is identified, evaluation as to whether the object is moving in a different way to the forward movement direction or not is performed and the collision prevention action is carried out depending on this evaluation, characterized in that, for making the decision as to whether a collision prevention action is carried out, a situation of an additional criterion being satisfied is taken into consideration in addition to the check result of the collision criterion, and in that evaluation as to whether a change in torque of a drive unit of the vehicle following the change in speed level exceeds or is equal to a threshold value for the change in torque is performed as an additional criterion, wherein the collision prevention action is carried out when the forward movement direction of the vehicle accompanying the change in speed level leads in the direction of the object and the change in torque exceeds the threshold value for the change in torque.