Jessica Stevens, from Hendon, was left fighting for her life after a serious road accident in 2015 in which she suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, a fractured pelvis, an injury to her right shoulder, a collapsed lung and internal bleeding, spending six weeks in a coma.

Jessica continues to suffer health problems as a result of the accident but is soon launching a book called Everything is Broken, which tells the story of her injuries and her recovery.

Jessica still remembers nothing about the accident or the period immediately before or after it but was subsequently told that she was struck by a speeding driver as she was turning right onto the main road from the street in which she lived with her parents and brother.

Once out of the coma, a month and half after the incident in June 2015, Jessica spent a further three months in hospital, learning to walk and talk again.

Jessica said: “I was out cold from the accident for six weeks and even when I came out of the coma, I then had to learn how to walk again, how to brush my hair and to dress myself.

“The rehabilitation I was able to get as soon as possible meant I could work with an occupational therapist, a neuro physio and a personal trainer to work my way back to being as strong as possible and get some confidence again.”

In the immediate aftermath, she was left very unsteady on her feet, with slowed and slurred speech and with her right arm locked in a bent position, as well as facing weakness down the whole of the right side of her body.

She added: “It really does turn your life upside down in a moment, not just for me but for my family as well. It’s been a difficult journey, sometimes very emotional, but I’m proud of what I’ve achieved in my recovery and in being able to tell this story too,”

“My story shows what can be achieved with the support of the right people and a little determination. I look back on where I was, and I’m delighted with where I am now. I’ve still got a way to go and I still have some effects from the accident to deal with, but I hope people see what I’ve achieved and it helps them as they begin their recovery.”

Jessica’s book launch for Everything is Broken by Jessica Stevens will be held tomorrow at the Boyes Turners’ offices at Abbots House, Abbey Street in Reading.