A method for controlling individuals upon entering or exiting a controlled area, applied in a system comprising at least one database comprising: - a set of first data so-called passage verification data, comprising biometric data of individuals (b 1,...,b n) in relation with identifiers of travel or transport means (p 1,...,p n), and - a set of second data so-called certified identity data comprising at least one civil registration datum and/or an identity document datum and at least one biometric datum of individuals, the method being characterized by the execution of out steps of: - for each vehicle, acquiring an identifier of a travel or transport means, and a biometric datum for verifying the passage of at least one passenger of the vehicle, - for each passenger for which a biometric datum for passage verification has been acquired, determining whether said passenger is recorded on the set of passage verification data in relation with the vehicle, and if said determination is positive for each of these passengers, authorizing the entry or the exit of the controlled area without referring to civil registration data and/or identity document data, - if a passenger is not recorded in the set of passage verification data in relation with the vehicle, verifying that the passenger is recorded in said set in relation with another vehicle, or, by default, verifying that he/she is recorded in the set of certified identity data, the latter verification comprising biometric authentication of said passenger by comparing a biometric datum of authentication of the passenger with a biometric datum of the passenger present in the set of certified identity data acquired on a biometric feature of the same nature, - if the result of one of the previous verifications (130, 140) is positive, updating the set of passage verification data so that it comprises a biometric datum of the passenger in relation with the vehicle. - a set of first data so-called passage verification data, comprising biometric data of individuals (b 1,...,b n) in relation with identifiers of travel or transport means (p 1,...,p n), and - a set of second data so-called certified identity data comprising at least one civil registration datum and/or an identity document datum and at least one biometric datum of individuals, - for each vehicle, acquiring an identifier of a travel or transport means, and a biometric datum for verifying the passage of at least one passenger of the vehicle, - for each passenger for which a biometric datum for passage verification has been acquired, determining whether said passenger is recorded on the set of passage verification data in relation with the vehicle, and if said determination is positive for each of these passengers, authorizing the entry or the exit of the controlled area without referring to civil registration data and/or identity document data, - if a passenger is not recorded in the set of passage verification data in relation with the vehicle, verifying that the passenger is recorded in said set in relation with another vehicle, or, by default, verifying that he/she is recorded in the set of certified identity data, the latter verification comprising biometric authentication of said passenger by comparing a biometric datum of authentication of the passenger with a biometric datum of the passenger present in the set of certified identity data acquired on a biometric feature of the same nature, - if the result of one of the previous verifications (130, 140) is positive, updating the set of passage verification data so that it comprises a biometric datum of the passenger in relation with the vehicle.