Safety Device for a Motor Vehicle and Method for Operating a Motor Vehicle

The invention relates to a device and method for increasing the safety of a motor vehicle. A first sensor unit () detects the environment, in particular free spaces and objects () and the position and motion of said objects. A second sensor unit () detects the environment state, a third sensor unit () detects the vehicle state, and a fourth sensor unit () detects the driver specifications. The data are amalgamated. According to the invention, a driving safety coordinator () is provided, which calculates the risk of collision on the basis of a risk evaluation, and the driving safety coordinator () determines pre-collision phases (P P P PP) of the motor vehicle () with regard to the object ().