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The 95 onward Swift was redesigned with its North American siblings: the Geo/Chevrolet Metro and the Pontiac Firefly.
I can't imagine that this last generation Swift was that different from a Honda Insight... the side impact standards changed significantly in 1997, the Swift met them... and the Insight was introduced in 1999, with two airbags... like the Swift.
Swift and Metro safety equipment included dual frontal airbags, optional anti-lock brakes, safety cage construction with deformable front and rear crush zones and five structural crossbars engineered to spread side impact loads throughout the car's structure... and DRL's -- the Generation III Metro was the first GM car to offer DRLs.
The chassis was 30% stiffer than Generation II, and at the time of its introduction, it was the smallest car in the world to meet the impending 1997 North American side impact standards.
On another note, the SMART CAR's safety cell is designed to "harvest" crumple from the "other guys" crumple zone. In other words, it has very little crumple zone of its own, but is designed to steal it from whatever it hits.
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