Method for the geometric representation of a vehicle area of a vehicle for the purpose of collision detection

A method for the geometric representation of a vehicle area () of a vehicle for the purpose of collision detection, wherein the vehicle area () has a boundary (), comprising the method steps of performing a medial axis transformation of the vehicle area () to generate a vehicle area skeleton () and performing a point classification of points of the vehicle area skeleton () to determine front corner region points () and rear corner region points (), and a front wheelbase point () and a rear wheelbase point (), and also performing a circle decomposition of the vehicle area (), wherein each circle of the circle decomposition has a maximum area exceedance value ().