This is the astonishing moment a female delivery driver was left for dead after being run down by her own van when an opportunistic thief stole it.

The white van careered head first into the 22-year-old woman after she ran into the road to try and stop the crook from making his escape.

She had left the keys inside while delivering a package to an address on Sunningvale Avenue in Biggin Hill, London on January 21.

Pictured: The 22-year-old female delivery driver in the moment before she is brutally run down by a thief who stole her van

CCTV footage from a neighbour's house captured the horrifying moment she was sent flying off the bonnet of the vehicle onto the street at around 1.40pm.

After being ploughed down by the reckless driver the woman suffered a shattered kneecap and broken ankle. After a number of operations and a lengthy stint in hospital she remains unable to work.

Detectives are now appealing for witnesses to come forward with information after the Ford Transit van stopped in Loxwood Close in Orpington.

It was then tracked to Waldens Close in the same area and recovered about an hour-and-a-half after the incident on the same day.

Caught on camera: The crook run her over on Sunningvale Avenue in Biggin Hill, London on January 21

Any information? Police are on the hunt for the male driver who left the woman, still unable to return to work, with a shattered kneecap

No arrests have been made and police are looking for any information on the male driver.

Detective Constable Chris Taylor said: 'We would like to speak with anyone who has any information, who may have seen the van or anyone who was in the Sunningvale Avenue, Loxwood Close or Waldens Close areas in the early afternoon of 21 January.'