Abstract: Taking college students as the examinee, based on the questionnaire survey results, the influence of baggageweight on the evacuation speed of pedestrians was investigated through experiments on people walking with baggage. The results show that: Under the heaviest weight of the backpack, handbag, messenger bag, the average evacuation speed of pedestrians decreases 6.0% , 3.6% and 4.2% compared with the no baggage condition. Based upon data fitting, the average evacuation speed of the pedestrians with backpack and messenger bag decreases linearly with the baggage weight, while the average evacuation speed of pedestrian with handbag decreases with the baggage weight exponentially. As the luggage case weight changes, the decrease trends of evacuation speed are different.

Key words: baggage weight, safety evacuation, evacuation speed, experimental study