A vision system for a motor vehicle comprising - a light beam generation part adapted to generate at least one light beam (3; 3a, 3b) directed to a scanned surface in the environment of the vehicle; - at least one light deflection device comprising an array of light deflection elements , wherein the orientation of each light deflection element is switchable between at least a first orientation and a second orientation, to redirect light which is incident on said light deflection element from the scanned surface in at least a first deflection direction corresponding to the first orientation or a second deflection direction corresponding to the second orientation; - a plurality of light sensing devices adapted to sense light beam portions which are redirected from the at least one light deflection device in said first and/or second deflection direction and incident on light sensitive surfaces of said light sensing devices ; - a plurality of lens systems adapted to focus reflected light beams from the scanned surface to the light deflection device , wherein the first lens system is arranged to image a first portion of the scanned surface and the second lens system is arranged to image a second portion of the scanned surface that differs from the first scanned surface portion ; and - a data processing device ; wherein - the number of light deflection devices is smaller than the number of light sensing devices ; - each of the first lens system and the second lens system is arranged to focus a corresponding reflected light beam from the scanned surface to the light deflection device ; and wherein - light beams incident on the same light deflection element and corresponding to said reflected light beams are directed to different light sensing devices . - a light beam generation part adapted to generate at least one light beam (3; 3a, 3b) directed to a scanned surface in the environment of the vehicle; - at least one light deflection device comprising an array of light deflection elements , wherein the orientation of each light deflection element is switchable between at least a first orientation and a second orientation, to redirect light which is incident on said light deflection element from the scanned surface in at least a first deflection direction corresponding to the first orientation or a second deflection direction corresponding to the second orientation; - a plurality of light sensing devices adapted to sense light beam portions which are redirected from the at least one light deflection device in said first and/or second deflection direction and incident on light sensitive surfaces of said light sensing devices ; - a plurality of lens systems adapted to focus reflected light beams from the scanned surface to the light deflection device , wherein the first lens system is arranged to image a first portion of the scanned surface and the second lens system is arranged to image a second portion of the scanned surface that differs from the first scanned surface portion ; and - a data processing device ; - the number of light deflection devices is smaller than the number of light sensing devices ; - each of the first lens system and the second lens system is arranged to focus a corresponding reflected light beam from the scanned surface to the light deflection device ; and wherein - light beams incident on the same light deflection element and corresponding to said reflected light beams are directed to different light sensing devices . <EOS>