A police spokeswoman said it was not yet known why the car appeared to lose control about 3pm, in Riselaw Rd, between Mornington Rd and Columba Ave.
She said four people were in the vehicle — one has serious injuries, another has minor injuries and the other two escaped injury.
The seriously injured passenger was taken to Dunedin Hospital.
Riselaw Rd has been closed while police investigate and clean up.
An Otago Daily Times photographer at the scene earlier said a vehicle had left the road and gone down a bank into a hedge.
They saw someone being loaded into an ambulance.
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"A police spokeswoman said it was not yet known why the car appeared to lose control", I know why it lost control, if you look at the picture what do you see?, loose gravel. The same sort of thing also happened in a North East Valley street when gravel was laid on top of perfectly good asphalt and caused a vehicle towing a trailer down the hill to jackknife.
One would also have to question whether the driver was driving to the conditions, loose gravel or not. We too have recently had a reseal done on our steep street. One car after the next continuing to accelerate downhill to a stop sign, some of them on the phone and tailgating the leading car. I'll say it again, Dunedin drivers are seriously under skilled and distracted.