How safe are 95-99 Eclipse's for real?

Ok the NADA Guides and everything else says the frontal crash tests are 8/10...but!.. the side impact ratings are 1/10, which is terrible and has deterred me away from those models and on to the 00-05 models, which are 8/10 side impact and overall very safe. So I was just wondering if the 95 - 99s are safe at all.|||ya they are safe! They just dont have side impact air bags like the newer model. Plus the 95-99 (2g) look way better then the 00-05(3g) model