Industrial truck, in particular a lift truck, comprising: - a vehicle body; - a pair of fork prongs (14, 16) extending from the vehicle body towards a corresponding fork end (14a, 16a) in a longitudinal direction; - a plurality of wheels (18a-18d) with which the industrial truck stands on a driving surface and moves thereon in a driven and steered manner, at least one of the wheels (18c, 18d) being assigned to each of the fork prongs (14, 16); - a lifting mechanism, which is designed to adjust the height of the fork prongs (14, 16) above the driving surface; - at least one detection unit (20a-20d), which is designed to detect objects located in the surroundings of the industrial truck within a detection region (22a-22d) and to output corresponding data; and - a control unit, which is operatively coupled to the at least one detection unit (20a-20d) and is designed to receive and process the data output by the at least one detection unit (20a-20d); characterised in that one of the detection units (20c, 20d) is assigned to each of the fork prongs (14, 16), the corresponding detection unit (20c, 20d) being arranged on the underside of the corresponding fork prong (14, 16) at a position in the longitudinal direction thereof between the wheel (18c, 18d) assigned to this fork prong (14, 16) or the foremost of the wheels assigned to this fork prong and the fork end (14a, 16a), and the detection units (20c, 20d) assigned to the two fork prongs (14, 16) being arranged and aligned with respect to one another in such a way that the respective detection regions (22c, 22d) thereof jointly cover substantially the entire corridor formed in front of the fork ends (14a, 16a) by the corresponding extensions of the two fork prongs (14, 16) or characterised in that a detection unit (20c, 20d) is assigned to at least one of the fork prongs (14, 16), the detection unit (20c, 20d) being arranged on the underside of the corresponding fork prong (14, 16) at a position in the longitudinal direction thereof between the wheel (18c, 18d) assigned to this fork prong (14, 16) or the foremost of the wheels assigned to this fork prong and the fork end (14a, 16a), and the detection unit (20c, 20d) assigned to the fork prongs (14, 16) being arranged and designed in such a way that the detection region (22c, 22d) thereof substantially covers the entire corridor formed in front of the fork ends (14a, 16a) by the corresponding extensions of the two fork prongs (14, 16). - a vehicle body; - a pair of fork prongs (14, 16) extending from the vehicle body towards a corresponding fork end (14a, 16a) in a longitudinal direction; - a plurality of wheels (18a-18d) with which the industrial truck stands on a driving surface and moves thereon in a driven and steered manner, at least one of the wheels (18c, 18d) being assigned to each of the fork prongs (14, 16); - a lifting mechanism, which is designed to adjust the height of the fork prongs (14, 16) above the driving surface; - at least one detection unit (20a-20d), which is designed to detect objects located in the surroundings of the industrial truck within a detection region (22a-22d) and to output corresponding data; and - a control unit, which is operatively coupled to the at least one detection unit (20a-20d) and is designed to receive and process the data output by the at least one detection unit (20a-20d); characterised in that one of the detection units (20c, 20d) is assigned to each of the fork prongs (14, 16), the corresponding detection unit (20c, 20d) being arranged on the underside of the corresponding fork prong (14, 16) at a position in the longitudinal direction thereof between the wheel (18c, 18d) assigned to this fork prong (14, 16) or the foremost of the wheels assigned to this fork prong and the fork end (14a, 16a), and the detection units (20c, 20d) assigned to the two fork prongs (14, 16) being arranged and aligned with respect to one another in such a way that the respective detection regions (22c, 22d) thereof jointly cover substantially the entire corridor formed in front of the fork ends (14a, 16a) by the corresponding extensions of the two fork prongs (14, 16) or characterised in that a detection unit (20c, 20d) is assigned to at least one of the fork prongs (14, 16), the detection unit (20c, 20d) being arranged on the underside of the corresponding fork prong (14, 16) at a position in the longitudinal direction thereof between the wheel (18c, 18d) assigned to this fork prong (14, 16) or the foremost of the wheels assigned to this fork prong and the fork end (14a, 16a), and the detection unit (20c, 20d) assigned to the fork prongs (14, 16) being arranged and designed in such a way that the detection region (22c, 22d) thereof substantially covers the entire corridor formed in front of the fork ends (14a, 16a) by the corresponding extensions of the two fork prongs (14, 16).