diff --git a/src/edu/kit/informatik/model/ModelRailwaySimulation.java b/src/edu/kit/informatik/model/ModelRailwaySimulation.java
index 835d910..d9fb30f 100644
--- a/src/edu/kit/informatik/model/ModelRailwaySimulation.java
+++ b/src/edu/kit/informatik/model/ModelRailwaySimulation.java
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ public class ModelRailwaySimulation {
                         }
                         boolean anyIntersection = occupiedByOtherTrain.stream().anyMatch(occupiedByThisTrain::contains)
                                 || occupiedByOtherTrainPreviously.stream().anyMatch(occupiedByThisTrain::contains);
-                        if (anyIntersection) {
+                        if (anyIntersection || train.touches(otherTrain)) {
                             train.removeFromRails();
                             otherTrain.removeFromRails();
                             // try to find/merge existing collisions
diff --git a/src/edu/kit/informatik/model/Train.java b/src/edu/kit/informatik/model/Train.java
index 571d5e8..bde42ed 100644
--- a/src/edu/kit/informatik/model/Train.java
+++ b/src/edu/kit/informatik/model/Train.java
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ public final class Train {
      * @return whether this train touches the other train
      */
     public boolean touches(final Train other) {
-        return other.isOnAnyPosition(position);
+        return position != null && other.isOnAnyPosition(position);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ public final class Train {
      * @return whether this train is on any of the specified positions
      */
     public boolean isOnAnyPosition(final List<Vector2D> positions) {
-        return position.stream().anyMatch(positions::contains);
+        return position != null && position.stream().anyMatch(positions::contains);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/testcoverage_input.txt b/testcoverage_input.txt
index 348ca84..9377910 100644
--- a/testcoverage_input.txt
+++ b/testcoverage_input.txt
@@ -170,3 +170,13 @@ create engine steam T5 Worsch 9 true true
 add train 8 T5-Worsch
 put train 8 at (0,0) in direction 0,-1
 create engine electrical T5 Kühnlein 17 true true
+add train 9 T5-Kühnlein
+delete track 1
+delete track 2
+delete track 3
+delete track 4
+add track (-100,0) -> (0,0)
+add track (0,0) -> (100,0)
+put train 8 at (1,0) in direction -1,0
+put train 9 at (-1,0) in direction 1,0
+step 1
diff --git a/testcoverage_output.txt b/testcoverage_output.txt
index f7c2ef1..1661274 100644
--- a/testcoverage_output.txt
+++ b/testcoverage_output.txt
@@ -194,3 +194,13 @@ T5-Worsch
 steam engine T5-Worsch added to train 8
 Error, could not place train
 T5-Kühnlein
+electrical engine T5-Kühnlein added to train 9
+OK
+OK
+OK
+OK
+1
+2
+OK
+OK
+Crash of train 8,9