diff --git a/src/vehicle_gui.cpp b/src/vehicle_gui.cpp
index 021c56294e..87c119074c 100644
--- a/src/vehicle_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/vehicle_gui.cpp
@@ -2881,8 +2881,10 @@ void SetMouseCursorVehicle(const Vehicle *v, EngineImageType image_type)
 		if (_cursor.sprite_count == lengthof(_cursor.sprite_seq)) break;
 		if (total_width >= 2 * (int)VEHICLEINFO_FULL_VEHICLE_WIDTH) break;
 
+		PaletteID pal = (v->vehstatus & VS_CRASHED) ? PALETTE_CRASH : GetVehiclePalette(v);
+
 		_cursor.sprite_seq[_cursor.sprite_count].sprite = v->GetImage(rtl ? DIR_E : DIR_W, image_type);
-		_cursor.sprite_seq[_cursor.sprite_count].pal = GetVehiclePalette(v);
+		_cursor.sprite_seq[_cursor.sprite_count].pal = pal;
 		_cursor.sprite_pos[_cursor.sprite_count].x = rtl ? -total_width : total_width;
 		_cursor.sprite_pos[_cursor.sprite_count].y = 0;