Image pickup device, in particular for vehicle measurement

An image pickup device (17), in particular for vehicle measurement, has at least one image sensor (23) which is adapted to receive images from an image pickup direction of at least one light source (25a; 25b) and at least one light deflection element (27a; 27b) which is formed such and is arranged to one of the light source (25a; 25b) of the emitted light beam (31a, 31b) deflects in such a manner that the light beam (31a, 31b) coaxially leaking to the image pickup direction of the image pickup device (17).