diff --git a/changelog/5013.feature.rst b/changelog/5013.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08f82efeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/5013.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Messages from crash reports are displayed within test summaries now, truncated to the terminal width.
diff --git a/changelog/5013.trivial.rst b/changelog/5013.trivial.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fff4eaf3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/5013.trivial.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pytest now depends on `wcwidth <https://pypi.org/project/wcwidth>`__ to properly track unicode character sizes for more precise terminal output.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a924d4aba..795a8c75f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ INSTALL_REQUIRES = [
     'pathlib2>=2.2.0;python_version<"3.6"',
     'colorama;sys_platform=="win32"',
     "pluggy>=0.9",
+    "wcwidth",
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/src/_pytest/skipping.py b/src/_pytest/skipping.py
index 78867c2d8..1d70fb153 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/skipping.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/skipping.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# coding=utf8
 """ support for skip/xfail functions and markers. """
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
diff --git a/src/_pytest/terminal.py b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
index 7f348e823..771e6a835 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/terminal.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
 """ terminal reporting of the full testing process.
 
 This is a good source for looking at the various reporting hooks.
@@ -887,10 +888,13 @@ class TerminalReporter(object):
 
         def show_simple(stat, lines):
             failed = self.stats.get(stat, [])
+            if not failed:
+                return
+            termwidth = self.writer.fullwidth
+            config = self.config
             for rep in failed:
-                verbose_word = rep._get_verbose_word(self.config)
-                pos = _get_pos(self.config, rep)
-                lines.append("%s %s" % (verbose_word, pos))
+                line = _get_line_with_reprcrash_message(config, rep, termwidth)
+                lines.append(line)
 
         def show_xfailed(lines):
             xfailed = self.stats.get("xfailed", [])
@@ -927,10 +931,6 @@ class TerminalReporter(object):
                 else:
                     lines.append("%s [%d] %s: %s" % (verbose_word, num, fspath, reason))
 
-        def _get_pos(config, rep):
-            nodeid = config.cwd_relative_nodeid(rep.nodeid)
-            return nodeid
-
         REPORTCHAR_ACTIONS = {
             "x": show_xfailed,
             "X": show_xpassed,
@@ -954,6 +954,56 @@ class TerminalReporter(object):
                 self.write_line(line)
 
 
+def _get_pos(config, rep):
+    nodeid = config.cwd_relative_nodeid(rep.nodeid)
+    return nodeid
+
+
+def _get_line_with_reprcrash_message(config, rep, termwidth):
+    """Get summary line for a report, trying to add reprcrash message."""
+    from wcwidth import wcswidth
+
+    verbose_word = rep._get_verbose_word(config)
+    pos = _get_pos(config, rep)
+
+    line = "%s %s" % (verbose_word, pos)
+    len_line = wcswidth(line)
+    ellipsis, len_ellipsis = "...", 3
+    if len_line > termwidth - len_ellipsis:
+        # No space for an additional message.
+        return line
+
+    try:
+        msg = rep.longrepr.reprcrash.message
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        # Only use the first line.
+        i = msg.find("\n")
+        if i != -1:
+            msg = msg[:i]
+        len_msg = wcswidth(msg)
+
+        sep, len_sep = " - ", 3
+        max_len_msg = termwidth - len_line - len_sep
+        if max_len_msg >= len_ellipsis:
+            if len_msg > max_len_msg:
+                max_len_msg -= len_ellipsis
+                msg = msg[:max_len_msg]
+                while wcswidth(msg) > max_len_msg:
+                    msg = msg[:-1]
+                if six.PY2:
+                    # on python 2 systems with narrow unicode compilation, trying to
+                    # get a single character out of a multi-byte unicode character such as
+                    # u'😄' will result in a High Surrogate (U+D83D) character, which is
+                    # rendered as u'�'; in this case we just strip that character out as it
+                    # serves no purpose being rendered
+                    msg = msg.rstrip(u"\uD83D")
+                msg += ellipsis
+            line += sep + msg
+    return line
+
+
 def _folded_skips(skipped):
     d = {}
     for event in skipped:
diff --git a/testing/acceptance_test.py b/testing/acceptance_test.py
index 4fb7bc02b..b0c682900 100644
--- a/testing/acceptance_test.py
+++ b/testing/acceptance_test.py
@@ -876,7 +876,9 @@ class TestInvocationVariants(object):
                 _fail, _sep, testid = line.partition(" ")
                 break
         result = testdir.runpytest(testid, "-rf")
-        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([line, "*1 failed*"])
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
+            ["FAILED test_doctest_id.txt::test_doctest_id.txt", "*1 failed*"]
+        )
 
     def test_core_backward_compatibility(self):
         """Test backward compatibility for get_plugin_manager function. See #787."""
diff --git a/testing/test_skipping.py b/testing/test_skipping.py
index cef0fe6ee..fb0822f8f 100644
--- a/testing/test_skipping.py
+++ b/testing/test_skipping.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# coding=utf8
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
@@ -1173,6 +1174,6 @@ def test_summary_list_after_errors(testdir):
         [
             "=* FAILURES *=",
             "*= short test summary info =*",
-            "FAILED test_summary_list_after_errors.py::test_fail",
+            "FAILED test_summary_list_after_errors.py::test_fail - assert 0",
         ]
     )
diff --git a/testing/test_terminal.py b/testing/test_terminal.py
index d602f03ec..f269fccd2 100644
--- a/testing/test_terminal.py
+++ b/testing/test_terminal.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
 """
 terminal reporting of the full testing process.
 """
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import pytest
 from _pytest.main import EXIT_NOTESTSCOLLECTED
 from _pytest.reports import BaseReport
 from _pytest.terminal import _folded_skips
+from _pytest.terminal import _get_line_with_reprcrash_message
 from _pytest.terminal import _plugin_nameversions
 from _pytest.terminal import build_summary_stats_line
 from _pytest.terminal import getreportopt
@@ -758,12 +760,18 @@ class TestTerminalFunctional(object):
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(["collected 3 items", "hello from hook: 3 items"])
 
 
-def test_fail_extra_reporting(testdir):
-    testdir.makepyfile("def test_this(): assert 0")
+def test_fail_extra_reporting(testdir, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("COLUMNS", "80")
+    testdir.makepyfile("def test_this(): assert 0, 'this_failed' * 100")
     result = testdir.runpytest()
     assert "short test summary" not in result.stdout.str()
     result = testdir.runpytest("-rf")
-    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(["*test summary*", "FAIL*test_fail_extra_reporting*"])
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
+        [
+            "*test summary*",
+            "FAILED test_fail_extra_reporting.py::test_this - AssertionError: this_failedt...",
+        ]
+    )
 
 
 def test_fail_reporting_on_pass(testdir):
@@ -1607,3 +1615,72 @@ def test_skip_reasons_folding():
     assert fspath == path
     assert lineno == lineno
     assert reason == message
+
+
+def test_line_with_reprcrash(monkeypatch):
+    import _pytest.terminal
+    from wcwidth import wcswidth
+
+    mocked_verbose_word = "FAILED"
+
+    mocked_pos = "some::nodeid"
+
+    def mock_get_pos(*args):
+        return mocked_pos
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_pytest.terminal, "_get_pos", mock_get_pos)
+
+    class config(object):
+        pass
+
+    class rep(object):
+        def _get_verbose_word(self, *args):
+            return mocked_verbose_word
+
+        class longrepr:
+            class reprcrash:
+                pass
+
+    def check(msg, width, expected):
+        __tracebackhide__ = True
+        if msg:
+            rep.longrepr.reprcrash.message = msg
+        actual = _get_line_with_reprcrash_message(config, rep(), width)
+
+        assert actual == expected
+        if actual != "%s %s" % (mocked_verbose_word, mocked_pos):
+            assert len(actual) <= width
+            assert wcswidth(actual) <= width
+
+    # AttributeError with message
+    check(None, 80, "FAILED some::nodeid")
+
+    check("msg", 80, "FAILED some::nodeid - msg")
+    check("msg", 3, "FAILED some::nodeid")
+
+    check("msg", 24, "FAILED some::nodeid")
+    check("msg", 25, "FAILED some::nodeid - msg")
+
+    check("some longer msg", 24, "FAILED some::nodeid")
+    check("some longer msg", 25, "FAILED some::nodeid - ...")
+    check("some longer msg", 26, "FAILED some::nodeid - s...")
+
+    check("some\nmessage", 25, "FAILED some::nodeid - ...")
+    check("some\nmessage", 26, "FAILED some::nodeid - some")
+    check("some\nmessage", 80, "FAILED some::nodeid - some")
+
+    # Test unicode safety.
+    check(u"😄😄😄😄😄\n2nd line", 25, u"FAILED some::nodeid - ...")
+    check(u"😄😄😄😄😄\n2nd line", 26, u"FAILED some::nodeid - ...")
+    check(u"😄😄😄😄😄\n2nd line", 27, u"FAILED some::nodeid - 😄...")
+    check(u"😄😄😄😄😄\n2nd line", 28, u"FAILED some::nodeid - 😄...")
+    check(u"😄😄😄😄😄\n2nd line", 29, u"FAILED some::nodeid - 😄😄...")
+
+    # NOTE: constructed, not sure if this is supported.
+    # It would fail if not using u"" in Python 2 for mocked_pos.
+    mocked_pos = u"nodeid::😄::withunicode"
+    check(u"😄😄😄😄😄\n2nd line", 29, u"FAILED nodeid::😄::withunicode")
+    check(u"😄😄😄😄😄\n2nd line", 40, u"FAILED nodeid::😄::withunicode - 😄😄...")
+    check(u"😄😄😄😄😄\n2nd line", 41, u"FAILED nodeid::😄::withunicode - 😄😄...")
+    check(u"😄😄😄😄😄\n2nd line", 42, u"FAILED nodeid::😄::withunicode - 😄😄😄...")
+    check(u"😄😄😄😄😄\n2nd line", 80, u"FAILED nodeid::😄::withunicode - 😄😄😄😄😄")