Method for locating one or more persons by means of a vehicle, having the method steps: • at least single determination of a position of a person to be located, and definition of a near zone around this position, wherein the near zone is defined at least by a predetermined maximum distance from this position; • continuous determination of a current position of the vehicle; • automatic continuous collection of image data which represent the surroundings of the vehicle, while the current position of the vehicle is determined within that near zone which was defined last; • at least single determination of a solid angle which, starting from the current position of the vehicle, comprises that position of the person to be located which was determined last; • detecting persons (12, 14) in the solid angle which was determined last in the collected image data; • locating the person to be located among the detected persons (12, 14) by means of a plausibility-checking operation, - wherein, when the person to be located is located, the plausibility-checking operation comprises comparing a respectively measured distance (d1, d2) between, in each case, each of the sensed persons (12, 14) and the vehicle with the calculated distance (dc) between the position determined last for the person to be located and the current position of the vehicle; - wherein that person (12, 14) whose measured distance (d1, d2) from the vehicle corresponds to the calculated distance (dc) within a predetermined tolerance is located by the plausibility-checking operation. • at least single determination of a position of a person to be located, and definition of a near zone around this position, wherein the near zone is defined at least by a predetermined maximum distance from this position; • continuous determination of a current position of the vehicle; • automatic continuous collection of image data which represent the surroundings of the vehicle, while the current position of the vehicle is determined within that near zone which was defined last; • at least single determination of a solid angle which, starting from the current position of the vehicle, comprises that position of the person to be located which was determined last; • detecting persons (12, 14) in the solid angle which was determined last in the collected image data; • locating the person to be located among the detected persons (12, 14) by means of a plausibility-checking operation, - wherein, when the person to be located is located, the plausibility-checking operation comprises comparing a respectively measured distance (d1, d2) between, in each case, each of the sensed persons (12, 14) and the vehicle with the calculated distance (dc) between the position determined last for the person to be located and the current position of the vehicle; - wherein that person (12, 14) whose measured distance (d1, d2) from the vehicle corresponds to the calculated distance (dc) within a predetermined tolerance is located by the plausibility-checking operation. - wherein, when the person to be located is located, the plausibility-checking operation comprises comparing a respectively measured distance (d1, d2) between, in each case, each of the sensed persons (12, 14) and the vehicle with the calculated distance (dc) between the position determined last for the person to be located and the current position of the vehicle; - wherein that person (12, 14) whose measured distance (d1, d2) from the vehicle corresponds to the calculated distance (dc) within a predetermined tolerance is located by the plausibility-checking operation.