Abstract: In method and apparatus for detecting a position of an object present in a surrounding detection zone of an automotive vehicle, a distance of the vehicle to the object is measured, the surrounding detection zone of the vehicle is photographed, the photographed surrounding detection zone to extract is image processed at least one longitudinal edge from the photographed surrounding detection zone of the vehicle, and the position of the object to the vehicle is detected on the basis of a direction of the extracted longitudinal edge and a measured value of the distance to the object.