Determining Criticality for Autonomous Driving

A control unit () is configured for calculating a criticality (I) of a driving situation as an overlap integral of an object function (O) of an ego vehicle () with one or multiple object function(s) (O) of other road users or other static or dynamic objects in the surroundings of the ego vehicle (). A method for calculating a criticality (I) of a driving situation as an overlap integral of an object function (O) of an ego vehicle () with one or multiple object function(s) (O) of other road users or other static or dynamic objects in the surroundings of the ego vehicle () is also provided.