With a sensor device for detecting at least one contact event on a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, with at least one solid sound sensor for detecting at least one solid sound signal, at least one solid sound sensor comprises at least one signal-transferring connection to at least one signal processing means already existing in the vehicle and associated with at least one other sensor means. With this arrangement at least one solid sound sensor comprises an solid-sound-transmitting connection to a section of the outer shell of the vehicle. This allows contact events on the vehicle to be detected.