B737 captain reported a baggage cart cut in front of the aircraft during taxi into the gate.

Attributes
ACN	1510351
Time
Date	201711
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DEN.Airport
State Reference	CO
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Type 10000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical

Narrative:

While taxiing into our den gate; we had a clear zone and were being marshalled in by ground crew. I then noticed a bag cart approaching from my right side in the designated ramp lane perpendicular to the [lead in line]. Instead of yielding to us; the cart appeared to speed up and drove right in front of us at high speed. I abruptly jumped on the brakes as it seemed to be the closest collision possibility that I have ever experienced. It was so abrupt that the fas (flight attendants) all commented afterwards.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reported a baggage cart cut in front of the aircraft during taxi into the gate.

Narrative: While taxiing into our DEN gate; we had a clear zone and were being marshalled in by Ground Crew. I then noticed a bag cart approaching from my right side in the designated ramp lane perpendicular to the [lead in line]. Instead of yielding to us; the cart appeared to speed up and drove right in front of us at high speed. I abruptly jumped on the brakes as it seemed to be the closest collision possibility that I have ever experienced. It was so abrupt that the FAs (Flight Attendants) all commented afterwards.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.