The invention relates to a method for identifying a dangerous situation, wherein the dangerous situation exists for a vehicle (104) and/or emanates from the vehicle (104), wherein a plurality of measurement values are detected by means of different sensors of the vehicle (104), vehicle-to-X messages are detected by means of vehicle-to-X communication means of the vehicle (104), and data contents of the vehicle-to-X messages and the measurement values describe a situation of the surroundings of the vehicle (104) and/or a vehicle state. The method is characterized in that a defined dangerous situation is identified when the measurement values and/or the data contents of the dangerous situation meet associated criteria. The invention further relates to a corresponding system and a use of the system.