A young man has been hospitalised after being hit by a car on the Gold Coast overnight.

The man, aged in his 20s, was struck along the busy Brisbane Road in Arundel just before 8pm on Tuesday.

He suffered a significant head injury and was treated at the scene by paramedics.

A Queensland Ambulance spokesperson confirmed he was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

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