en عمومى General پژوهشي Research Article <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Background & Aims</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">The fluctuation in accident-related visits to the emergency department presents a significant challenge, as the department strives to provide quality services to this group of patients. This study aims to explore the trends and seasonal variations in accidents resulting in visits to the emergency department in Urmia city. </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Materials & Methods</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> This cross-sectional study includes data from the emergency department of Urmia city collected from the beginning of 1398 (2019) to mid-1403 (2024). All visits related to accidents during this period were considered. The collected data were analyzed using MINITAB and SPSS softwares. </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Results</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> &nbsp;The average number of accident-related visits to Urmia emergency department per month was 14467 &plusmn; 91557, showing an upward trend and seasonal fluctuations across 67 months. The results were statistically significant (<i>p</i> < 0.05).</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Conclusion</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Our study indicates that the volume of accident-related visits to the emergency department increases in the spring-summer period and decreases during the fall-winter period. This trend has been rising steadily over the years, with no disruption, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.</span></span></span></span> Accidents, Emergency medical services, Seasonal changes, Time series, Trend 166 172 http://hsm.umsu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-324-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Amir Shadloo amirshadloo@gmail.com 10031947532846003708 10031947532846003708 No School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran Vahid Hosseinpour vahidhoseinpour1404@gmail.com 10031947532846003709 10031947532846003709 Yes Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran Hamidreza Khalkhali khalkhali@umsu.ac.ir 10031947532846003710 10031947532846003710 No Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran