A fire and emergency spokesman said emergency services responded to a vehicle collision with a lamp post in Opoho Rd about 11am.
The power company was called to isolate any outages in the area shortly after the collision, he said.
A St John spokeswoman said one ambulance transported the driver to the Dunedin Hospital in a moderate condition.
An Aurora spokeswoman said no customers were affected by power outages from the incident.
The circumstances of the crash are unknown.