Just passed along to add to the conversation.
Personally I’m not a fan of the Smart car as it seems to be overpriced for what it offers BEFORE even addressing the safety considerations.
I think they did well for safety with the size limitation of the design. There was no room left for crush zones so they made it fairly crush resistant.
Safer than a motorcycle (once in the crash, the motorcycle would do better avoiding the crash probably) but less safe than anything my family drives.
It seems to me as well there are better choices for economics as well as safety.