Abstract: A method for the production of a sensor, especially of a crash sensor for a vehicle safety system, with the following steps: provision of a housing base part (12), placement of a circuit board (16) holding at least one sensor component (18) into the housing base part (12) and production of a housing cover part (14), involving at least partial encapsulation by injection molding of the circuit board (16), in which process step the housing cover part (14) is injection-molded directly onto the housing base part (12) and the circuit board (16) is joined directly to the housing cover part (14) and is hermetically enclosed by the housing base (12) and the housing cover part (14).