Unit 45 The Traffic Accidents on Bridge Road
请根据以下图表内容提示写一篇短文，简要介绍一下1991年至2001年发生Bridge
Road的交通事故情况。要求120词左右，第一句话已给出，不记入总词数。
1991----1992 Road not in great use
1992----1993 Nearby road closed: road now in great use
1993----1994 Bus-stop moved 100
1994----1997 No change
1997----1998 Sign: Beware Animals
1998----1999 No Parking signs
1999----2000 Sign: No Rignt Turn
2000----2001 Sign: No Overtaking
The rate of traffic accidents has dropped considerably on Bridge Road in recent years.
“范文”
The rate① of traffic accidents has dropped considerably on Bridge Road in recent years. According to the statistics② we have in hand, only six accidents took place in 2000. This accident rate is even lower than that of 1991, when the road was not in great use yet.
In 1992, as a nearby road was closed, Bridge Road began to be busy and a lot of accidents followed consequently③. To bring down④ the accident rate, the local government moved the bus-stop 100 yards away from where it had been and reduced⑤ accidents markedly⑥. In the next four years, the accident rate remained more or less⑦ at the same level⑧.
Then, in the years from 1998 onward⑨, the local government put No Parking, No Right Turn and No Overtaking⑩ signs by the road. All these signs have proved to be very effective in reducing traffic accidents.
“注释：”
①rate：率
②statistics：统计
③consequently：因此
④bring down：减少，降低
⑤reduced：降低，减少
⑥markedly：易见地，清楚地
⑦more or less ：或多或少
⑧at the same level：同样的水平
⑨onward：向前
⑩no overtaking：严禁超车
“点评：”
本文是一篇根据图表内容展开的说明文。
全文围绕Bridge Road的交通事故数量变化这个中心写作，并根据指令中的情景提示，简要地分析了这种数量变化的原因。
作者先谈论了交通事故发生最少的2000年和1991年，并指出其原因是此道路的利用率低。接着，作者又将笔锋一转，指出由于附近道路关闭，1992年事故发生率很高。并进一步指出为了改变这种情况，政府所采取的措施。一直延续到1998年，由于地方政府不断推出新举措，有效地防止了交通事故的发生。
本文语言比较简单，结构也不太复杂，但说理透彻，将图表内容比较清楚地陈述出来，给了读者一个清晰的印象。资料来源：英语作文高分必背丛书：高考/李华田主编，武汉大学出版社，2005
