Device and method for monitoring a transverse acceleration sensor located in a vehicle

A device for monitoring a transverse acceleration sensor, located in a vehicle, which detects a first transverse acceleration quantity that describes a transverse acceleration acting upon the vehicle, comprising:

• a processing device including at least one filter, the at least one filter filtering the first transverse acceleration quantity, the at least one filter providing a filtered transverse acceleration quantity;
• a detecting device detecting wheel speed quantities, the wheel speed quantities describing at least one speed of at least one wheel of the vehicle;
• a determining device determining a second transverse acceleration quantity directly as a function of the wheel speed quantities;
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• a monitoring device monitoring the transverse acceleration sensor by performing a comparison of the filtered transverse acceleration quantity and the second transverse acceleration quantity.